Not my belly!

I’m currently 17 weeks pregnant – almost into month 5! I can hardly believe where the time goes…it seemed like my first pregnancy went sooooo s.l.o.w BUT this one is just flying by!

This is week 2 of my Body By You boot camp experience and I already had to miss Monday b/c I got called in for SUB work at the Middle School. I promised Shane that SUB working would take priority now that I’m not training for the marathon. PLUS, Jeanne sends us the workouts to do at home when we miss… Did I do them…NO!

Something about dealing with middle schoolers for 7 hours just wears me out!

HOWEVER – I did go to a Nutrition Brief with the MCCS Health Promotion Nutritionist, Jenny Halley, and it was great! She is always so informative! What I like about her the most is that she is not just selling you what the FDA tells you to eat – she actually does her own research and makes suggestions based on facts! Brilliant concept, right!

Have you signed up for my email updates? If you have then you will get a special email with all my notes from the nutrition brief, info on portion distortion with a fun quiz, and Jenny’s list of meal and snack ideas! So – signup either at the top right corner of the page or at the bottom and I’ll send you the info! Jenny doesn’t miss anything in her briefing or her notes – she covers info for eating for everyday, fueling for endurance training, and fueling for weight lifting as well as snacks for the in between moments!

Fueling the Runner: Fueling for Two

(by Jackie Dikos, R.D. from Running Times Magazine)

This arctile was printed out and given to me by Jenny at the brief since I asked Jeanne to give he the heads up that my questions this time around would be about “eating for two!” instead of marathon training nutrition. You can read the full article here.

The main takeaways from this article:

• First Trimester: One of the most common causes of nausea during pregnancy is an empty stomach! (took me a little while to catch onto this one!)
• First Trimester: A 3-5lbs weight gain is adequate weight gain and perfectly natural for most normal weight runners.
• Second Trimester: Stay on top of drinking plenty of fluids and aim for a high fiber diet. (I’ve been struggling with headaches – not drinking enough water – and Jenny suggested that I wear a watch that beeps on the hour…every time it beeps I should go drink an 8oz glass of water!)
• Second Trimester: Biggest (newest) challenge for runners is eating enough calories.  Graphs such as that found HERE can help guide you to at least the healthy minimum weight gain for your BMI.
• Second Trimester: Adequate calcium and Vitamin C intake. Aim for 3 servings of calcium rich foods per day.
• Second Trimester: Calcium is important however; it actually interferes with the bodies’ ability to absorb Iron. Adequate iron can be achieved by eating red meat, dark meat poultry, as well as beans, tofu, raisins, and iron fortified cereals.
• Third Trimester: Pace and mileage will slow. Eating small frequent meals and limiting acidic foods will help prevent heartburn.

Are you in Okinawa? Want to meet with a nutritionist (most likely Jenny) to get your own meal plans then give them a call! Here is the info in this flyer.

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